First Council of the Lateran Essays

“There for three days, before the castle gate, he laid aside all his royal gear; barefoot and wearing coarse wool, he stood pitifully, and did not stop begging for our apostolic help and compassion, until he had moved everyone there, or who heard tell of his, to great reverence and pity.”- Pope Gregory VII (Swainson, Bill). This was a time that a king begged for forgiveness so he could come back to the Roman Catholic Church. In the Holy Roman Empire, King Henry IV had a certain power called lay investiture

Method of Interpretation in Late Antiquity In the period of Late Antiquity, various commentators on Aristotle usually commence their interpretation of Aristotelian writings with a preface. It is believed that Ammonius was the first author

Critical Discussion The theological issues surrounding the person of Christ that were dealt with at the Council of Nicea (325AD) include Jesus’ humanity and divinity, and His eternality. Jesus’ humanity and divinity was an issue dealt with at the Council of Nicea because there was a lot of confusion as to how Jesus could operate out of both natures. The council believed that Christ was true God and therefore they decided to focus on the term homoousios as being completely opposing to the Arian position

The Nicene Creed came about at the council of Nicaea around AD 325. Many things were discussed at the council and formulations of the canon, as well as the Nicene Creed took place. Though the creed would eventually be modified to the Nicene-Constantinopolitan Creed as we know it today, theological and doctrinal claims were made about Christianity. Several issues were addressed in the creed to dissipate heresy and ignorance as well as to unify the church in thought and action. We believe in one

introduced by the development of The Council of Nicea in 325. Constantine who was the senior emperor, brought together bishops from around the Christian world, to sort out the destabilizing Christological disagreements within his empire. This was the first ‘ecumenical council’. The council agreed on the Nicene Creed which was to eradicate the Arian controversy by affirming that Jesus was homoousios (of one substance or one being), with the Father. The development of the Council of Nicea was a political move

Disagreements are a powerful thing some could argue they can destroy some can argue that they can create. in the case of the Council of Nicea I would say disagreements with the help of some confusion helped shape how we View the nature of Christ. The confusion and disagreements came from heretical groups such as the gnostics and subordinationists but the most notable ones were the Arianists and their leader Arius. Arius you could say was the most vocal about his opinions he believed that his Christ

The Arian controversy is like a large puzzle piece, serving to make more complete the current view of Christ that most Christians hold to today -- fully God, fully man. The conflict that lead to this clarity began with two 4th century theologians: Arius (c.250-c.336) and St. Alexander of Alexandria (c.unknown-c.326). The controversy was concluded by Athanasius of Alexandria (c.296-c.373), a secretary then replacement to St. Alexander. Of the Liberian priesthood, Arius was seemingly known for being

the Word existed eternally with God, Arius debated that the Word was not coeternal. While this appears to be somewhat of a nuance or minor detail, the Arian position goes further to deduce that if the Word was not coeternal with God, Jesus was the first creation of God. This position does nothing short of shaking the entire foundation of the Christian

the perspective of Christology was discussed and transformed theology by the Ecumenical Councils. The Ecumenical Councils include the Council of Nicea (325 A.D.), Council of Constantinople (381 A.D.), and the Council of Chalcedon (451 A.D.). The theology developed by these council furthered Christology by focusing on the person, role, and nature of Jesus Christ. The first Ecumenical Council held was the Council of Nicaea to combat the heresy teachings of Arius and discussed the nature of Christ. He

other beliefs. Arius also believed that Jesus Christ was a lesser God while Athanasius believed that Jesus Christ was human and equal to God himself with the other Holy Trinities. During this time, Constantine held the first Council of Nicaea to settle the controversy. The Council of Nicaea was influenced by Constantine who favored Athanasius beliefs stating that, Jesus Christ was similar to God, but had differences. As a result, they formed a creed from Athanasius’s viewpoints. Also, Athanasius

The Nicene Creed is one of the most universally recognized and accepted declarations of the Christian religion. It was first accepted at The Council of Nicea in 325 AD. The Council was brought together to try and unify the Church under a single doctrine. Constantine, the Roman Emperor, was concerned with the issues of the Trinity, the deity and humanity of Jesus Christ and believed something needed to be done in terms of clarification. Although many other variations of the Creed were later adopted

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hence, if Jesus is not God then there can be no salvation through Him (Witchger, 2007). The beliefs of Arius caused monumental divides in the early Christian community and in an attempt to unify Christianity, Roman Emperor Constantine convened the Council of Nicea in 325 A.D. to refute the claims of Arianism.

Alexandria from 328 to 373, who argued, alongside with the Council of Nicaea of 325, that the Word was absolutely and completely divine, “of one substance with” God the Father. This conclusion was confirmed by the First Council of Constantinople in 381. As mentioned before, the Arian Controversy also established the precedent of the church turning to the emperor to find and impose a resolution of its theological disputes, and of the emperor calling councils of bishops to enunciate the “faith of the church”

09/19/17 Nicene Christianity A creed is an announcement or confession of confidence and conviction. The Ecumenical councils utilized creed, or ideology, as various approaches to express their convictions of Christianity, including how they saw Jesus Christ. The Council of Nicaea, Constantinople, and Chalcedon all had diverse perspectives. There were four noteworthy statements of faith that showed the distinctive perspectives of Jesus and God:

was a way to bring glory, peace, and blessings from the gods to a nation. Due to the lack of modern science and education in these times, people were left with only the explanations given to them by a ruler, unified through some moral ideals. The first, well documented, ruler to do this was Hammurabi in 1750 B.C.E., as stated previously; Hammurabi sought to establish control, unity, and power for himself. This law code instills fear within the community by forcing them to obey whatever Hammurabi

to wait until young Henry III reached the age of majority for that to happen. In the mean time, the Regent appointed John Marshal as the person to enforce the new forest laws. This John Marshal’s father, son of William, had been a signatory on the first Magna

Causes for the calling the Council. The First Vatican Council was called by Pope Pius IX in 1869. This was largely in response to the process of Italian Unification that started in the early 1860’s. The Church had lost the Papal States to King Victor Emmanuel II which sufficiently weakened them and the political power of the Pope. For a few centuries, it became obvious that the Church was losing power. The Scientific Revolution and the Enlightenment promoted secular rule and established the

denied this and claimed his reforms, like his regnal name, honored Gregory the Great. Overview The conciliar approach to implementing papal reform took on an added momentum during Gregory’s pontificate. The authority of the emphatically ‘Roman’ council as the universal legislative assembly was theorised according to the principles of papal primacy contained in Dictatus papae. There is no explicit mention of Gregory’s reforms against simony or nicolaitism

individuals who refuse his findings based on scripture are ignorant. “Astronomy is written for astronomers.” He was confident other astronomers would agree to his discoveries on the nature of celestial bodies. He also mentions Pope Leo X held the Lateran Council to reform the ecclesiastical calendar. Their efforts did not produce change because the motions of the sun and the moon were not measured accurately. Copernicus’ calculations of the motions of the sun and the moon were satisfactory to their